Manufacturing Engineer
* Lean Continuous Improvement
* Salary up to £60,000
* Onsite role in Hampshire
* Hands-on Lean and CI position focused on improving quality, refining processes, and solving root cause issues across electronics manufacturing
* SC eligibility required
About the Client
Our client is a specialist engineering organisation supporting critical defence and national security programmes, delivering innovative technology and capability into secure environments. They are in the early stages of embedding a stronger continuous improvement culture and are now looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to drive performance improvement across existing products and production processes.
The Benefits
* Salary up to £60,000
* Opportunity to go through SC clearance
* Opportunity to shape and embed Lean and CI practices within an evolving environment
* High-impact role working across engineering, production, quality and supply chain
* Autonomous working with progression opportunities
The Manufacturing Engineer Role:
As the Manufacturing Engineer, you will drive optimisation and performance improvement across key manufacturing processes, with a strong focus on quality issues, lead time, and productivity. You will lead problem-solving activity using Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, support non-conformance investigations, and work closely with cross-functional teams to implement sustainable improvements.
Manufacturing Engineer Essential Skills
* Proven background delivering Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement projects within production environments
* Strong experience using structured problem-solving tools such as RCA, 8D, DMAIC
* Ability to identify improvement opportunities, build the business case, and deliver measurable outcomes
* Experience supporting manufacturing in an electronics or electro-mechanical assembly and test environment (PCB / PCBA exposure beneficial)
* Confident working cross-functionally and driving change within a developing CI culture
* Eligible and willing to progress through SC clearance
To Be Considered:
Please either apply through this advert or emailing me directly via kelly.harvey@searchability.com. For further information please call me: 0203 854 0120 / 07889 589 648. By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.
Key Skills
Manufacturing Engineer, Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, RCA, 8D, DMAIC, 5S, PFMEA, Electronics Manufacturing, PCB, PCBA, Non-Conformance, CAPA, Process Improvement, NSD